January 25, 2017
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Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
c annon ’ S
r ib e xpreSS
5410 NE 33rd Ave,
Portland, Or
Call to Order:
503-288-3836
Open (hours)
Sun-Thurs: 11a-8p
Fri-Sat:
11a- 9p
Cannon’s, tasty food and
friendly neighborhood
atmosphere.
New Work ‘Blind’
on Racism and Fear
at Imago Theatre
A staged reading of “Blind,”
a new work by Portland play-
wright Bonnie Ratner that
tackles racism and fear takes
place Saturday, Jan. 28 at 1
p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 29 at
7:30 p.m. at the Third Rail at
Imago Theatre, 17 S.E. Eighth
Ave.
Though set in the mid-60s,
Blind is a play for our time,
speaking to the current cli-
mate of fear mongering, the
fragility of the lives of African
American young men, and the
necessity for all of us to hold
the mirror up to our own na-
tures.
The story has Harold Stein
trapped behind the locked
door of his Brooklyn store,
fearful of being robbed or
worse. Once his dream, now
the store is his cell. His wife,
Sylvia, is also trapped -- partly
by her own demons, but also
by a culture that has denied
her dreams.
Millie True teaches high
school. Her son, Jimmy, is a
Black Nationalist like his fa-
ther, Millie’s ex. She witness-
es a young black man get de-
nied entrance to Stein’s store
because the Jewish merchant
doesn’t let in black men or
boys by themselves. She in-
tervenes, creating a chink in
Stein’s armor of fear and iso-
lation. Tickets are $10.
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